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2 <br />Stanford Road (SR 1100) to the Chapel Hill Bypass. <br />The total cost of Section C is $20.8 million, with <br />$8.8 million earmarked for actual construction. The <br />remaining funds would be used for right-of-way <br />acquisition and relocation expenses. <br />The recommended cross section is a four-lane divided <br />section with two, 24-foot pavements and a 46-foot <br />median width on a 200-foot right-of-way. All <br />widening would be -accomplished on the north side, <br />and 48 residences and businesses would have to be <br />relocated. If staging of the project occurs, Section <br />C would be the second phase. No time period for the <br />construction of Section C is cited, but the total <br />project is to begin in 1991. � <br />Alternative locations were considered but are not <br />recommended because of the high cost of a new route <br />and the adequacy of the existing alignment. <br />Possible negative environmental impacts include: <br />1. Loss of forest land; <br />2. Relocation of 98 residences and eight <br />businesses; <br />3. Increase noise levels for adjacent development; <br />and <br />4. Possible impacts on two watershed (Cane Creek <br />and University Lake). <br />If the project is to be implemented, all feasible <br />routes and their impacts are to be evaluated in a <br />planning/environmental document. A final decision <br />will then be made as to the most appropriate <br />location. <br />Staff comments regarding the feasibility study <br />include the following: <br />1. The proposed widening of NC 54 is consistent <br />with its classification and use as a principal <br />arterial highway. NCDOT should give <br />consideration, however, to adding bike lanes to <br />the shoulders on either side of the highway. <br />2. NC 54 bisects the southern tip of Cane Creek <br />watershed and traverses the middle of <br />University Lake watershed. In both, sediment <br />retention ponds should be installed before <br />construction begins. <br />^ <br />4W <br />, <br />